Appeal No. 1999-2381
Application No. 08/586,434
objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but
allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of
the limitations of the base claim.
The invention pertains to portable phone apparatus.
Claims 1 and 36, the only independent claims, are illustrative
and read as follows:
1. A portable phone, comprising:
(a) a main housing having a top portion, a bottom
portion, a front portion, and a rear portion;
(b) circuitry located within said main housing for
operating said portable phone in a designated communication
mode;
(c) a support bracket assembly slidably and
detachably coupled over and to said top portion of said main
housing;
(d) a flip cover rotatably secured to said support
bracket assembly about a first axis; and
(e) an antenna coupled to said circuitry for
transmitting and receiving signals in said designated
communication mode, said antenna being integrated with said
flip cover.
36. A support bracket assembly for indirectly and
detachably coupling a flip cover and a main housing of a
portable phone, comprising:
allowable if rewritten in independent form is incorrect
because claim 21 stands rejected under on the grounds of
obviousness-type double patenting.
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